Soap veteran Jon Lindstorm, who is best known for portraying Kevin Collins on both General Hospital and its spin-off series Port Charles, is set to return to daytime TV.  This time, however, he'll be heading to the town of Oakdale as he joins the cast of As the World Turns.

Lindstorm first played the resident psychiatrist on General Hospital in 1994 until 1997 before appearing on the spin-off Port Charles from June 19997 until 2003.  During his portrayal of Kevin, he was involve in several controversial storylines, including the abduction of Ian Thornhart, whom he tried to bury behind a brick wall, the stalking and kidnapping of Felicia Jones after suffering a nervous breakdown, and the strangling of Lucy Coe, just to name a few.

The 35th annual Daytime Emmy Awards are scheduled to air tonight at 8pm on ABC. Daytime regulars Cameron Mathison (All My Children) and Sherri Shepherd (The View) will act as master and mistress of ceremonies.

Mathison will be wearing a tuxedo by Arnold Brant, and Shepherd will sport gowns by Badgley Mishka and Angela Dean and jewelry by Chopard.

The list of nominations was announced on Wednesday, April 30 with CBS, in particular The Young and the Restless, nabbed the most noms: 56 and 17, respectively.

Previously on As the World Turns, Luke (Van Hansis) and Noah (Jake Silbermann) had a terrible fight and though Noah tried to patch things up with him, he retreated as he saw Luke with a man who is obviously interested in him.  Holden (Jon Hensley) and Carly (Maura West) ended up kissing and sharing yet another fraught moment when he applied ice to her when she burned her hand on the car engine.  Upon returning home, Holden remained troubled by thoughts of Carly, while Carly found herself rattled by photos of Holden.

The drama continues this week on As the World Turns.  Read on for more spoilers.

This morning on The View, the hosts announced the nominees for the 35th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards.  Stars from All My Children, Days of our Lives, One Life To Live, Guiding Light, and As the World Turns were on hand to present the nominations.  Noticeably missing from the morning's festivities were cast members from General Hospital, who were overlooked in several of the acting categories.  The View scored a nomination for Outstanding Talk Show Hosts, among others.  The Daytime Emmy Awards will air June 20th on ABC at 8pm ET from Hollywood's Kodak Theater.  At the ceremony, Regis Philbin will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

CBS will be launching a special fan club luncheon to give supporters of As the World Turns a chance to meet and greet their favorite actors.  The much awaited event will be held on Saturday, April 26 at 12pm to 4pm at the Marriott Marquis in New York City.  Tickets will cost $130 for non-fan club members and $115 for current As the World Turns fan club members.

Those who are interested will have to give out a $20 nonrefundable deposit per person, which will insure a seat. The final payment is due no later than March 1.
Any tickets purchased afterwards must be paid in full by money orders only.

Thanks to fans' incessant efforts, Henry Coleman won't be leaving Oakdale anytime soon.  Following speculations surrounding the departure of Trent Dawson on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, some last minute negotiations took place, putting a resolution to the 37-year-old actor's contract issues.

"Thank you guys for the campaigning!  Contract issues were resolved and Hank is sticking around.  In fact he's very busy right now.  Consider your mission accomplished, and my thanks eternal," Dawson wrote to his fans online.